Opinion

By Al-Zaquan Amer Hamzah KUALA LUMPUR – Finding a job is often harder than expected for graduates hoping to enter Malaysia’s Islamic banking industry, the world’s second-largest with $124 billion in assets – employers are proving choosy about qualifications. Thousands of ...

By Rushdi Siddiqui The Malaysian Insider While Malaysia is leading in the sukuk and capital markets, the nation’s still lacks direction in the halal industry The 2014 Budget was announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, and reference and ...

By Fazal Bahardeen, Founder & CEO, Crescentrating Fazal will be speaking at the Global Islamic Economy Summit in Dubai on 25-26 November Faith based values and needs are increasingly influential in the purchasing decisions of Muslim consumers. This is already reflected in the ...

By Abdalhamid Evans Gulf News The two Sharia-compliant industries could work together for their mutual benefit Dubai’s recently unveiled strategy to be the capital of the Islamic Economy brings with it a range of exciting opportunities as well as some ...

Similar to various religions, Islam is frequently misunderstood not just by non-Muslims but even by a great number of Muslims too. This happens to be partly to do with how Islamophobic media channels portray Islam, and partly due to how ...